Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-01
NOZZLE WORDS.

While the cankeTous Office seekers OF
the scraggy, crumpled crsnnies OF the
east are rending the air with shrieking
! partisan cantillstion or exhaling fire
blasts of hatred over the memories of the
late war, Texas, in her grandeur and
broad expansiYeness, stands out in
| bold relief as the home of a
Cool-headed, tTue-hea-ted, generous
people. The frantic vaporings OF
the Turtles and the stupenduous idiocies
and insane auathema Of the Fairchilds
find fitting answers in the patriotic utter
ances of Governor L. S. Ross and Gen.
eral D. S. Stanley-the latter gentleman q
distinguished officer of the United States
army. In response to the toast, "The
State of Texas" Governor Ross said:
Then 1t has been my lot to see my people in
those dark days when they stood up by the
tomb of their buried hopes, in which tomb
they found all of that bitterness of sectional
strife, and determined to build higher and
higher the great interests of our country,
knowing no north and no south, looking only
to the prospective greatness of our country,
and the virtues OF our people show out greatest
when our countrywa completely overwhelmed
by those rapidly succeeding hours of trouble.
In all those troubles that met US our people
determined to appeal to reason and the halls
OF Justice rather than the arena of arms for SET
tlcment. Our people had appealed TO
the great arbitrament of arms rid
the judgment was recorded against
US. The CLEAN of liz sword blade
and the roar of cannon, of shot and shell was
stiled by the b God Of more than a million pa
triot hearts that flowed in rlvulets and fattened
the fields of carnage and strife. But l say that
10 -night but voice what l know 10 be the cen
:ime1t Of all, that benceforth they propose in
any trouble to emulate that passage in history,
in which Livy relates thai on one occasion
when the patTiCians had passed harsh measures
against the people and created great dlscon-
tent among the Roman Iegions marched
forth to give battle to the rebels and they ap
preached near enough to recognize each others
standards, they stood and gazed upon each
other and then rushed into each others arms
and peace was restored.
In response to the toast "The United |
States Army" General Stanley said:
But I have observed many things to night |
very grateful to me, and amongst other things !
that 1 Will merely mention was the speech of
your hOnored Governor In speaking of the sen
timent of union, fraternity anC good feeling |
that ! positively know exists in the south. /
know there has been articles in the neWspa-
pers; there are always politicians that grasp
upon anything that gives them notoriety. l
have been so much in the south, have been
identified with it during my entire m. nhood,
and came to Texas thirty four years ago. l
have one of my best friends in q south
ern grave, gallant southern captain. l know
one of the most gallant and distinguished gen
erals In the southern army thAt iust as soon
as the southern cause went down became
himself Union man, and dying q short time
afterwards asked TO be buried with the United
States flag about him. / have myself buried
one of my best friends, one of the best gentle
men 1 ever knew, who requested that his re-
mains should be place in the United States
cemetery in san Antonio. l join myself,
heartily, in the sentiments of the Governor,
hat for our nation and Union, we cGn
Afford TO ignore the little triling, miserable
5qusbbles abouts1ags and criticisms about the
President of the United States in regard
hereto.
These noble utterances were made By
gentlemen who had distinguished them
selves upon the field in opposing battle.
They are the utterRnCes of the soldier
element-of those who actually expert
snced the terrors OF war, but who have
still the patriotism to consign to oblivion
he memories of that great struggle and I
O0k forward and beyond TO better and
happier time when ali bitterness shall be
and when one flag sha{ wavei
over a united people. And
his is the sentiment of the great mas of
he people who do not share N the vic I!
ent extrsvaganzas Of intolerspf place
hunters. K